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One of the biggest frustrations for Mac users is that macOS doesn’t natively read S.M.A.R.T. data from USB/external drives. includes a special SAT SMART Driver that allows you to monitor your external backup drives as easily as your internal ones. 3. Compatibility That Keeps Up

While not as polished, you can use smartctl (part of the open-source smartmontools package) via Terminal. It gives you the raw S.M.A.R.T. data for free. The command looks like this: smartctl -a disk0 However, it lacks the GUI and predictive alerts that make DriveDx worth the key. drivedx key

It tracks how much "life" your SSD has left before it literally wears out from writing data. One of the biggest frustrations for Mac users

– Standard S.M.A.R.T. might show “Verified” while DriveDx flags a failing attribute. Many users report DriveDx predicted a crash weeks before other tools. data for free